What the records say
- When
- 29 Dec 1604
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 25.00° N, 119.50° E
- Source quake magnitude
- 8
- Runups
- 2
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1604 Quanzhou earthquake
Magnitude 8 earthquake off Fujian, China
The 1604 Quanzhou earthquake was an extremely large seismic event that occurred in the Taiwan Strait, off the coast of Fujian Province, near Quanzhou during the Ming dynasty. According to modern-day calculations, the earthquake had a moment magnitude of 8.1 Mw. It is unknown how many casualties resulted from the quake, but major damage was reported.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page